The UW Tacoma Library staff have a long history of openness to new ways of working if it means serving our students, faculty, staff, and community better. Over the past few years we have been experimenting with tools to enable better collaboration and communication. Several have been particularly beneficial for us, and we thought that Read More…
Category: From the Library Director
Meet our Staff: Lauren Pressley
What did you major in/are you majoring in at UWT? I attended North Carolina State University and majored in Philosophy and Communication. At the time, my college offered a specialty in Small Group and Interpersonal Communication, which was my focus. I also minored in Women’s and Gender Studies. Part of the reason I picked up Read More…
Meet our Staff: Hallie Clawson
Some of us you see at a circulation desk, some of us you see at a research help desk. But the library is so much more than that. We have a number of awesome behind-the-scenes folks who do tremendous work. Case in point: meet Hallie! What did you major in/are you majoring in at UWT? Read More…
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Academic Libraries and Higher Education
Many library staff wear multiple hats. In addition to the work that we do at the UW Tacoma Library, we have a role collaborating with our Seattle and Bothell colleagues to create a seamless library experience for UW students and faculty, regardless of the campus they work on. In addition to this, we conduct research Read More…
Impressions from the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting (2019)
So.Many.Books. So.Many.People. From January 25th-January 29th, 2019, the American Library Association (ALA) held its annual Midwinter Meeting in Seattle. Across multiple hotels and conference centers, downtown Seattle saw an influx of library workers from public, school, and academic libraries and of vendors promoting books, services, mobile apps, and products, and authors: so.many.authors! There is no Read More…
The Work of a Library Director
I am an academic librarian because I believe in libraries as institutions and I believe that the world is a better place because of libraries. Academic libraries have the power to transform research, teaching, learning, and ultimately society through their position within the academy. Throughout my career I have worked to help libraries, and those Read More…